چکیده:
Objectives: The development of social skills, especially skills in relating to peers, is an important capacity that provides the foundations for lifelong success. Some children with disabilities need to learn social skills more directly. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of social skills training on socialization skills development in children with Down syndrome. Method: This study was a semi-experimental conducted on thirty-seven student with Down syndrome, 8-12 years old with IQ 55 – 75. Subjects were divided randomly in two groups (n=18) and control group (n=19). Initially, each of the subjects was assessed by the list of social skills, and then social skill training was performed for 60 minutes, two times weekly, for two months in intervention group, and the socialization skills was evaluated after intervention and 2 months later in the two groups. Results: A significant (p<0/05) improvement in socialization skills was occurred. Follow-up study also showed, improvement of socialization skills were maintained 2 months after the end of training in intervention group (p<0/05). Conclusion: It’s seems that training of social skills can improve the socialization skills of children with Down's syndrome.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Follow-up study also showed, improvement of socialization skills were maintained 2 months after the end of training in intervention group (p<0/05).
Therefore the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of social skills training on children with Down syndrome.
In another study social skill training was effective on with students with, or at risk of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
Also a research control P<0/05 Discussion The results of this study showed that social skills’ training is effective on socialization improvement in Down syndrome children and this improvement was maintained over a 2-month follow-up period.
The result of the present study is in accordance with the study of Seevers & Jones-blank (2008), which trained social skills to 8 students with mental retardation and other health impairments that were identified as at-risk for social adjustment problems.
This study showed social skill training increasing the ability positive relational behavior with teacher and peer in people with Down syndrome (2).
Also a research found that social skills training effective to improvement social- behavior adjustment in adolescents.
In this study Seventy four adolescents (ages 13–16 years) and found that social skills training effective to improvement social adjustment in children with Down syndrome (8).
[The efficacy of social skills training on adjusting behaviors of mild mentally retarded children (Persian)].
Improving the social-behavioral adjustment of adolescents: The effectiveness of a social skills group intervention.
Improving the social-behavioral adjustment of adolescents: The effectiveness of a social skills group intervention.